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Intel, OEMs Face Lawsuit For Megahertz Marketing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stupid-lawyer-tricks-continue-apace dept.

prostoalex writes "A group of PC owners filed a lawsuit against Intel, Gateway and HP, stating that companies spread misleading information about Pentium 4 processor performing faster than Pentium 3 or Athlon. The complaint alleges that 'the Pentium 4 is less powerful and slower than the Pentium III and/or the AMD Athlon.' PC World has more details in its story." I wonder if the same litigants have a suit against the USPS for ads leading one to expect prompt service from courteous, competent employees.

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  1. I'm sure some one beat me to this but remember... by DenialX · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Pentium 4 makes the Internet Run Faster !!!

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  2. BOFH was right... by billbaggins · · Score: 3, Funny
    From BOFH 2k...
    "... Specially," I look around furtively, "... when the public find out that it's actually Two Pentium IIs on top of each other."
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  3. Re:In related news... by JPriest · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about apple claiming to be 90% faster than a 2.53GHz P4? At least then if hey won $74,000 it would cover the actual cost of the product.

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  4. Re:I'm sure some one beat me to this but remember. by guttentag · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Pentium 2? The Pentium 2 box held my front door open while my friends and I labored to carry the huge Pentium 3 box into the house.

  5. Re:How about Apple? by Have+Blue · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and it takes double the clock speed on the PC to equal the speed of Photoshop on a Mac. Your point?

  6. Re:I'm sure some one beat me to this but remember. by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    (* The Pentium 4 makes the Internet Run Faster !!! *)

    I remember a 6-year-old kid in my neighborhood who used to think that "cool stickers" made bikes and cars run faster.

    I bet he is purchasing a P4 right now based on such an ad.

    (However, he is probably also a successful PHB because he thinks like the CEO.)

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  7. Re:Hmmm, interesting. by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Making the internet run faster" /might/ be considered puffery as it's a fairly vapid claim (does "the internet" include, say, running the Flash / Shockwave / Java applets that abound online?).

    If they want to be less misleading, they should then say, "The P4 makes spam more distracting".

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  8. Re:If its one thing people don't like to admit... by AntiNorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh and just one more cent to add to the pile, do people REALLY need a 2.53 Ghz system on a truckload of RDRAM and a GeForce Ti 4600 for office apps, playing The Sims, and Internet browsing?

    Rumor has it that the next release of M$ Office will have minimum requirements that are close to this.

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